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characteristics and classification

…of the sweet shrubs, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), a handsome flowering shrub native to the southeastern United States and often cultivated in England. Other allspices include: the Japanese allspice (Chimonanthus praecox), native to eastern Asia and planted as an ornamental in England and the United States; the wild allspice,…

Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice), a shrub about 3 metres (10 feet) tall from the southeastern United States, and C. occidentalis, from northern California, are both cultivated in North America and other temperate areas.

Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice) and C. occidentalis (California allspice), both members of Calycanthaceae, are grown as ornamental shrubs and valued for their sweetly fragrant summer flowers. The aromatic bark of C. floridus is used as a spice. Chimonanthus praecox (also called C. fragrans, and commonly known as…